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The Sound of Hope Benefit with Hammer No More the Fingers, Lonnie Walker, Organos, Wool, Wesley Wolfe

When: Sat., April 27, 9 p.m. 2013
Price: $8

This "triple benefit" gathers a bumper crop of local talent to raise funds for the North Carolina chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and two families facing mounting medical expenses. The two shows will help the family of late local music fan Niko Harlan pay for his hospice care, while also alleviating the cost of surgeries for Ian Bruce, the 3-year-old son of area sound engineer Robbie Bruce. Friday's bill promises the expansive post-rock of Gray Young and The Bronzed Chorus, plus folk-rock from Birds & Arrows. Lake Isle and Rogue Band of Youth Open. Saturday boasts alt-rock favorites Hammer No More The Fingers, folk-rockers Lonnie Walker, plus Wesley Wolfe, Organos and the new Wool.—Bryan C. Reed